The Tempest – Free Shakespeare in Central Park

The Tempest – Free Shakespeare in Central Park

by | Aug 8, 2023

With music and lyrics by Benjamin Velez and directed by Obie Award winner and Director of Public Works Laurie Woolery, this ambitious work of participatory theater explores the grief of being cut off from community, the desire for retribution, and the healing power of...
Shakespeare in the Park Will Stage ‘Hamlet’ Summer 2023

Shakespeare in the Park Will Stage ‘Hamlet’ Summer 2023

by | May 23, 2023

Returning once again to Free Shakespeare in the Park, director Kenny Leon commands The Delacorte stage with a nine-week, tour-de-force production of the Bard’s masterpiece, HAMLET, a riveting, contemporary present-day take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of family and...
Free Shakespeare in the Park 2022

Free Shakespeare in the Park 2022

by | Aug 1, 2022

As You Like It Free Shakespeare in the Park returns to the Delacorte Theater this summer with two historic productions The Delacorte TheaterAugust 10 – September 11, 2022 AS YOU LIKE ITAdapted by Shaina Taub & Laurie WooleryMusic & Lyrics by Shaina...
Shakespeare in the Park returns for 2021!

Shakespeare in the Park returns for 2021!

by | Mar 18, 2021

The Public Theater has spent the last year getting ready for this year’s return to the stage at the Delacorte Theater with a performance of Shakespeare’s MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. “We’ve gathered brilliant artists to imagine summer under the stars in Central...
Shakespeare in the Park – Coriolanus

Shakespeare in the Park – Coriolanus

by | Jul 14, 2019

Delacorte Theater – July 16 – August 11 For the first time since 1979, Free Shakespeare in the Park presents CORIOLANUS, the Bard’s blistering drama about a general voted into power by a populace hungry for change, and the unraveling that follows. Tony Award...

Shakespeare in the Park 2018 – Othello

by | Apr 9, 2018

Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Jitney, The Piano Lesson) returns to Shakespeare in the Park to direct a sumptuous new production of OTHELLO. Set amid war and palace intrigue in the 17th-century Mediterranean, this classic drama about a noble Black Venetian general...